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    House of Voices
    House of Voices
    House of Voices
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    House of Voices

    By T M Collins

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    'Collins has considerable descriptive powers and an originality of viewpoint not unlike that of some of the English "Martian" poets...a striking denseness of imagery and ingenuity of observation...' - Geoff Page


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateDec 5, 2022
    ISBN9781761094347
    House of Voices
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    T M Collins

    T M Collins was born in Brisbane in 1957 and lives in Redlands City, Queensland. He is a fictionist and playwright but predominately a poet. He has received over 100 awards for his poetry, fiction and plays and has been published over 100 times in journals, magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas.

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